He had never experienced this before since his return to the elite of Swiss ice hockey. HC Ajoie started the new year with good skating. He won Friday evening on the ice of Davos 3-0 in the National League championship. This success allows him to end a series of six losses on the road. Better yet, it’s the Ajoulots’ first three-point victory away from their bases since February 24…they’ve been waiting for it for 16 away matches! The Jurassiens will try to confirm this good start on Sunday when they receive Ambri at 3:45 p.m. in Porrentruy (match live on RFJ from 3:30 p.m.).
The evening of beautiful stories
It is above all a defensive victory that the HCA sought in Graubünden. Imperial in box play – “I don’t even know if there was a shot on goal on our numerical inferiorities”, notes goalkeeper Benjamin Conz – jumping on the rebounds, Greg Ireland’s troop showed solidity and of constant commitment. “We remained patient. We let them run in our zone by containing them on the outside. It’s a very complete match,” analyzes the last Ajoulot rampart. Julius Nättinen took advantage of a good service from Kyen Sopa to allow the Jurassiens to finally open the scoring in the 28th (this had not happened to them since November 22 and a success for… Nättinen against Zurich). Then the beautiful stories followed one another. Oula Palve, for his first match with HCA since November 2, was on the receiving end of an improbable breakthrough from former Davosian Tim Minder in the 51st. Jonathan Hazen, finally, reminded us that the gray ice suits him perfectly by making the 3-0 in the 56th minute to score his fourth consecutive goal in Davos, the first after a nine-game drought and a trip to… Davos!
We will also highlight the XXL performance of Benjamin Conz in the Ajoulote cage to sign his second shutout of the winter. Enough to store a good dose of confidence before Sunday and the duel at the bottom of the ranking against Ambri who has twelve points ahead of Ajoie. /msc
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